Fence

Life As We Know It

Hey everyone! Sorry for the looooooong wait! I apologize! But here is the next chapter! We are slowly creeping towards some big stuff in this chapter and you should already know what it's gonna be about!

Again sorry about the wait! Hope you enjoy the chapter!

- Jamie

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The others sat in the apartment, sharing their fair share of drinks when the door opened and Emory and Mary Margaret walked in.

"Hey guys, sorry we're late, we ran into Julia on the way", Mary Margaret explained and Emory sighed with a playful roll for his eyes.

"And you know how mom gets once she and her girlfriend start talking", Emory said and the others laughed while Mary Margaret playfully hit her son's arm.

Mary Margaret walked over to her husband and gave her the steaks he was gonna cook and he smiled and kissed her temple before walking over to the kitchen.

Emory smiled at the action as he leaned against the counter. The thoughts in his mind filled so much space he didn't even notice Regina came up to him and placed her arm around his midsection.

"Hey"

He blinked and turned to her, giving her a soft and tired smile. "Hey, what's up?"

"You okay?"

She could see something was wrong and sometimes he hated that she could see right through him.

"Yeah. Yeah I'm okay. Just tired", he said, but he knew it wasn't any good. She knew he was lying and he saw it in her eyes.

"Okay. You can tell me what's going on in that head of yours when the others have left", she said and walked back to the table sitting down.

Emory sighed and turned to Emmett who looked back at him with a look. Emory nodded towards the bedroom and Emmett followed him inside. Regina stared at them as they walked inside and sighed looking down.

"What's going on?", Emmett asked and Emory sighed.

"Something happened back at home", he explained and Emmett furrowed his eyebrows.

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Regina stood in the bathroom taking off her makeup when the door opened and Emory walked in.

"Hey sorry, just need my tissues", he said and Regina sighed as she watched him through the mirror. He turned his head, meeting her eyes and he could see the sadness in them, her bottom lip quivering like he had never seen before.

"Babe?"

She softly began to cry and Emory immediately turned her around and brought her in for a hug. She cried in his arm and Emory knew he couldn't keep this this from her. Not anymore.

"Why won't you talk to me?", she asked in cries and Emory felt tears in his eyes.

"Gina—"

"I tell you everything", she said and Emory sighed. He knew what he needed to do.

"Get ready for bed. I'll tell you everything when we lay down", he said and she pulled back and met his eyes. She could see he was telling the truth and nodded.

"Okay", she whispered and received a kiss to her head before being left alone. She sighed and took a deep breath looking in the mirror.

"I don't know where to start", Emory said as they laid in bed and Regina looked at him.

"From the beginning", she whispered and Emory sighed turning to her.

"A little over a year ago I was outside in our garage, training some fencing when I heard a sound", he started out and Regina furrowed her eyebrows.